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It has been used as a nickname or as a pet name for women named Maria or Marie. An alternative spelling in the Latin alphabet is "Macha". In Serbo-Croatian and Slovene, "Maša" is a diminutive of "Marija" but can be a given name in its own right. The Jewish name Masha (מַשה) [1] is of Biblical extraction.
Given names originating from the Slavic languages are most common in Slavic countries.. The main types of Slavic names: . Two-base names, often ending in mir/měr (Ostromir/měr, Tihomir/měr, Němir/měr), *voldъ (Vsevolod, Rogvolod), *pъlkъ (Svetopolk, Yaropolk), *slavъ (Vladislav, Dobroslav, Vseslav) and their derivatives (Dobrynya, Tishila, Ratisha, Putyata, etc.)
Russian given names (2 C, 2 P) S. Serbian given names (2 C) Slovak given names (2 C, 1 P) Slovene given names (2 C) U. Ukrainian given names (2 C, 2 P)
A Slavic name suffix is a common way of forming patronymics, family names, and pet names in the Slavic languages. Many, if not most, Slavic last names are formed by adding possessive and other suffixes to given names and other words. Most Slavic surnames have suffixes which are found in varying degrees over the different nations.
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Eastern Slavic parents select a given name for a newborn child. Most first names in East Slavic languages originate from two sources: Eastern Orthodox Church tradition; native pre-Christian Slavic lexicons; Almost all first names are single. Doubled first names (as in, for example, French, like Jean-Luc) are very rare and are from foreign ...